Sentence examples for were preoccupied from inspiring English sources
verb
To distract; to occupy or draw attention elsewhere.
- The father tried to preoccupy the child with his keys.
The Rashtrakutas were preoccupied with problems in the south.
And men were preoccupied with tending livestock and sowing grains.
Students were preoccupied instead with the fate of their schools.
His parents were preoccupied because of financial troubles.
But they were preoccupied with their own problems.
Others were preoccupied by Bush, or by the coming election.
Officials said they were preoccupied with gaining parliamentary approval for existing measures.
Most were preoccupied by the protests backing Mr. Morsi and the widening crackdown against them.
In Islamorada, farther east along the island chain, many residents were preoccupied with securing their boats.
The nation's founders understood the threat of corruption in politics and were preoccupied with combating it.
Not surprisingly, the strikers were preoccupied with regaining their jobs and keeping their system of seniority.
